jess and i (and jordan) had a great weekend in gatlinburg spending time with God and listening to a great lady speak about her life. it's always an inciteful time. and it always comes about the time i need that break and a reminding of what life's about.
however, there was a dark spot on the weekend. and that was during the 30 min or so steve and i were playing music on the piano (and his guitar) in the hotel. we were having a great time singing and playing, when these 2 guys and 2 girls came up and asked if they could play a song. so i was like, "sure" (not knowing what was in store for us). so i thought, i guess they want to play some worship music too or something. no, one guy sat down and started play edwin mccain's "i'll be" while the other guy started belting out the lyrics in a very "emo" tone (he had a decent voice, but it didnt make this any cooler). so i started smiling and holding back the laughter. this was sheer amazement laughter, mind you. amazement that someone would come up and ask us to move so that they could play this song. and the reason the song bothered me is because NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would come down there and sing this around all these people (there were a lot of people around. it was a lobby sort of area.) unless you were just trying to show off and/or impress everyone (girls). i was speechless. steve asked if i wanted to stay and play after they were done. i said, "no". as if this wasnt bad enough, the farther they got into the song, the more people began to sing along with him. wow. never have i recieved such a musical slap in the face. and then on top of that, the friggin song has been in my head ever since.
yes, i know i shouldnt have let this consume me as it did, and i can tell this because i chose to write more about this one incident than the whole weekend. but man . . . that guy.
. . . he even had the "dashboard shelf" haircut.
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